Stella said, “Could you stop asking me such inexplicable and ambiguous questions?”
“Ehn?”
Taking a deep breath, Stella looked at him again, “You made me feel that I’m the birth mother of that
baby.”
This was the first time that Stella made it so clear to him.
Before today, she had tried several times.
However, after getting his answer, she denied her guesses.
She wondered what was in Clarence’s mind as he extremely loved to ask her such questions.
Clarence gazed at her with his black eyes. After a few seconds, he chuckled, “What are you thinking
about? Since you like that little bastard so much, I could become his godfather, so in the future, you
can always meet him.
After a moment of silence, Stella said, “Not necessarily, but thank you.”
Clarence said, “You don’t have to answer me so hurriedly. You can consider it and reply to me after
you’ve made up your mind.”
When he finished speaking, his phone started ringing. He walked out of the kitchen to answer the
phone.
Stella put the pot on the stove and turned on the gas, staring at the red and blue fire in a daze.
After a while, she suddenly felt a pain in her eyes.
She guessed probably she had been overused her eyes for real.
She rubbed her eyes, looked away, and started cutting the vegetables.
Clarence couldn’t always mention the baby to her for no reason. She could guess two reasons.
One was the same as she had guessed.
If so, since a long time ago, Clarence had been deceiving her and always pretended to be calm.
The second possibility was that he knew how much she liked that baby, so he wanted to use the baby
to make it up for her.
As she thought, she became absent-minded again. However, she forgot to put down the kitchen knife
in her hand. Her finger was cut.
When she felt the sharp pain, Stella came back to her senses immediately. However, the knife was way
too sharp, which had cut her flesh. Red blood started to flow out.
Immediately, she turned on the tap and washed the wound with cold water.
After answering the phone call, Clarence walked in. Seeing the blood on the kitchen knife and the
cutting board, he frowned and strode over, “Did you cut your hand?”
Stella hummed, “Please get me a band-aid. It’s not a big wound. I...”
Before she finished her words, Clarence had turned off the tap, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her to the
sofa.
“Sit down.”
He turned around, took out the first-aid kit under the tea table, and found the Iodophor and cotton
swabs, starting to sterilize her wound.
“Hiss...” Stella felt the pain, “Be gentle.”
The man pressed his thin lips slightly. He acted softly and continued, “I’ll take you to the hospital to see
a doctor tomorrow.”
“It’s just a small cut. Not necessary.”
“For checking up your eyes.”
Stella was rendered speechless.
Inwardly, she cursed him to go to hell.
He could never speak appropriately.
After dealing with her wound, Clarence pasted a band-aid on it.
Stella stood up and was about to walk to the kitchen. Clarence said, “Leave it to me. You just stay
here.”
“I’d better not...”
Stella felt quite sorry for the pot, bowls, and tableware in the kitchen.
Clarence cast her a cold glance as if he was asking whether she was doubting him.
Stella said, “All right. All right. You can just turn off the gas. I’ll order some takeouts. I suddenly want to
eat the barbecue.”
Upon hearing it, Clarence didn’t insist. He walked to the kitchen and turned off the gas.
Stella noticed his movements in the kitchen. Before she could ask him to leave everything there, she
heard a cracking sound.
She kept silent, couldn’t help wondering how could he smash things whenever he entered the kitchen.
Anyway, the smashed things couldn’t be saved, so Stella didn’t want to nag about him. She pulled out
her cell phone to order some takeouts. Thinking that Clarence didn’t eat spicy food, nor did he like
barbecue or hotpot dishes, and he had a stomach problem, she ordered some light dishes.
It was quite late when they got home. When the takeouts were delivered, it would be half-past twelve at
midnight.
While waiting for the takeout, Stella took her pajamas to take a shower.
When she arrived at the door of the bathroom, Clarence walked out of the kitchen, standing in front of
her.
Stella was confused.
He asked indifferently, “Aren’t you injured? Do you need my help?”
Stella didn’t answer.
She directly shut him off outside the bathroom.
Clarence licked his lips, walking back to the living room.
Sitting on the sofa, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number.
Soon, Maxwell’s voice was heard on the phone, “Mr. Conrad, it seems that Amanda Byron was seen by
Ms. Radomil.”
Clarence hummed indifferently, “Problem resolved,” he said.
“Is Ms. Radomil always staying here recently? Shall I move them to another place?”
Clarence raised his hand to pinch the nose bridge, “Don’t rush. Let me think about it.”
Maxwell answered, “Okay.”
“Has Amanda Byron always met her boyfriend recently?”
“She went to meet him tonight. Then she was seen by Ms. Radomil. She didn’t meet him in the past
few days.”
Last week, Stella was also staying here, but Amanda and Dolores didn’t go out. Amanda went to see
her boyfriend after several days, which shouldn’t be a problem.
“I see. Keep an eye on her,” Clarence said, “I don’t have time to go visit them recently. Take good care
of them.”
Maxwell answered, “Yes, Mr. Conrad.”
After hanging up the phone, Clarence bent down his head and looked at his shirt, which was half-wet.
He went back to the bedroom and took his pajamas, breaking into the bathroom directly.
When he was walking in, Stella was washing her hair. With the bubbles on her eyes, she couldn’t open
them. Upon hearing the sound of the door opening, she hurriedly asked, “What are you doing?”
Clarence stood next to her, unbuttoning the buttons on his shirt, “Take a shower.”
Stella was speechless.
Obviously, he didn’t only want to take a shower.
After Stella washed away the bubbles on her head, she didn’t want to put on the shower gel at all. She
grabbed the towel and was about to go out. However, after taking a few steps, she was held back.
Clarence whispered in her ears, “You haven’t finished showering yet.”
“I...”
“I’ll help you. You are welcome.”
...
In the end, everything that happened in the bathroom was ended by the doorbell.
Stella was too exhausted to move. She kicked Clarence, “Get the takeout.”
Clarence raised his eyebrows slightly. Putting on his pajamas, he walked out of the bathroom to get the
takeout.
Stella showered again. Then she slowly put on her pajamas.
She had been hungry earlier. Now her physical strength was spent, so she became more starved.
Soon, she finished eating the barbecued food. Moreover, she started drooling at the food in front of
Clarence.
Clarence said slowly, “You can tell me if you want to eat anything. I will let you have some.”
Stella didn’t try to be polite to him. She pulled the dishes to her directly, “I bought them. What’s wrong if
I want to have some?”
She was afraid that Clarence couldn’t have enough, so she had ordered plenty of dishes, which were
enough for them both to have.
Clarence looked at her, curling up his lips. Suddenly he asked, “Don’t you feel it’s more convenient to
stay with me than staying in any other place?”
“Not really.”
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